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Old 12-05-2006, 04:14 PM
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Hello I wanted to know if anyone has use the K2 Sport Coilover Kit on their car? If so could you please post your feed back on this kit? The reason I am asking is because I need a coilover kit for 2002 996 c4s and it is the cheapest that I have seen so far. Thanks for your time.
Old 12-05-2006, 05:54 PM
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don't know much about the K2, but everyone here is set on the PSS9 or the M030....... but i am interested about the K2...... so p-car owners....... fess up..... who has it?
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Never heard of them. Link?
Old 12-05-2006, 07:53 PM
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I think he might be talking about KW
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They have a good rep in track racing mostly with japanese brands. Their adjustable's are aimed more at the JIC/JRZ Cross market of folks as opposed to PSS9's which are for street use. I believe they are buying into the US marketshare as long as you get beyond the jap car stigma and believe that a car is a car and shocks/springs can be tuned to any chassis. Racers believe that sort of stuff

http://www.ksportusa.com/products/kontrolpro.html
Old 12-06-2006, 08:54 AM
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I did some research on the brand awhile back when they were noted in a post. Their focus is mainly track stuff and I could not find anyone that was running their coilovers at all.

Japanese coilovers tend to be very harsh and this was the impression that I got over the phone about the Ksport product as well so if you're tracking the car alot they might not be a bad option but I surely wouldn't expect them to ride like a Pss9 or R0W30 on the street.

I'd expet them to be closely related to the JIC ride which a few here have actually removed from their car because the ride was too harsh.

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where can one get the ROW30 for a good deal? or is anyone selling theirs or their Pss9?
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Suncoast Motorsports.
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great...thanks
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The K-Sport coilover seems like a pretty decent product. The spring rates are definitely on the stout side for the street (336 front/504 rear) as they're a little less than double the M030 rates. And at $1279 a set (from Apex Sports)including camber adjustable pillow-ball mounts they're ridiculously inexpensive. I might have to give them a whirl for the track.
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so cheap!!! whats the catch? the "racing" coilovers are more expensive, but they look pretty solid.

...anyone can make a coilover, i think the real money comes in the knowledge of tuning it.
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Originally Posted by penguinking
so cheap!!! whats the catch? the "racing" coilovers are more expensive, but they look pretty solid.

...anyone can make a coilover, i think the real money comes in the knowledge of tuning it.
i agree... but let's get a group buy on these guys with satisfaction guaranteed or money back........
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hmmm.....i think a group buy may be in order. but i think someone should take the dive and be the "guinea pig" for us before we do a group buy.

btw, when i read "K2", i thought this ----> http://www.k2sports.com/ lol
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$1280 Shipped from this vendor: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Coilo...spagenameZWDVW

If you could get a group buy down to $1,000.00 I would definitely bite.
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Originally Posted by i300zxtt
$1280 Shipped from this vendor: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Coilo...spagenameZWDVW

If you could get a group buy down to $1,000.00 I would definitely bite.
i agree...... i'm in.............


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